Eyeglasses with interchangable temple-members
View Patent ↗An eyeglasses apparatus and transformation system thereof, facilitating quick and easy convertibility of the left and right traditionally folding temples into an adjustable headband; thereby making the light-weight eyeglasses much more suited to dynamic activities such as jogging, skiing, and cycling for example. The user of this novel eyeware can advantageously move between more sedentary situations, where the extreme appearance of eye-goggles would appear very out of place;—yet by manually releasing an inconspicuously integrated pair of bifurcated retention-latches located immediately aftward of both temple-hinges, the temples can be instantly detatched and readily interchanged with a headband employing similar slide-in bayonet-type retention-latches. The disclosure identifies a particularly critical human-factors problem addressed by the uniquely configured finger operated opposed latches; plus, the notion of my slim-lined detatchable-temples, enables a host of optional companion accessory temple embodiments, facilitating a miniature radio, cell-phone, or digital-camera;—conveniences for the person on the go!
1. A pair of convertible eyeglasses comprising:
a left female mounting member permanently and hingedly attached to a left side of said eyeglasses, said left female mounting member having an opening and a support cavity through said opening, said left female mounting member further having an upper notch and a lower notch in communication with said support cavity;
a right female mounting member permanently and hingedly attached to a right side of said eyeglasses said right female mounting member having an opening and a support cavity through said opening, said right female mounting member further having an upper notch and a lower notch in communication with said support cavity;
a left temple support arm having an upper and a lower male latching prong, said left temple support arm removably insertable into said support cavity whereby said upper and lower male latching prongs engage in and are retained respectively by said upper and lower notches; and
a right temple support arm having an upper and a lower male latching prong, said right temple support arm removably insertable into said support cavity whereby said upper and lower male latching prongs engage in and are retained respectively by said upper and lower notches;
whereby pinching the upper and lower male latching prongs toward one another and down into the support cavity disengages the upper and lower male latching prongs respectively from said upper and lower notches to permit removal of either said right temple support arm or said left temple support arm, or both, from said eyeglasses.
2. The convertible eyeglasses according to claim 1 , wherein said left and right temple support arms include a medial-prong member acting as a centering abutment against which said upper and lower male latching prongs become ultimately biased during the manual release procedure, said medial-prong member thereby eliminating any tendency of said upper and lower male latching prongs to otherwise snag upon each other.
3. The convertible eyeglasses according to claim 1 , wherein pinching action upon said upper and lower male latching prongs is ultimately balanced by provision of a medial-prong disposed equidistant there between, whereby said upper and lower male latching prongs are thus biased evenly away from each other thereby obviating otherwise tendency of snagging on each other.
4. The convertible eyeglasses according to claim 1 , wherein said left and right temple support arms are readily interchangeable in a modular manner with a temple strap assembly having an abbreviated body terminating with a male extension having a headstrap thereby obviating possibility of improper mounting.
5. The convertible eyeglasses according to claim 1 further comprising a radiocam in either said right temple support arm or in said left temple support arm or in both.
6. The convertible eyeglasses according to claim 1 further comprising a videocam in either said right temple support arm or in said left temple support arm or in both.